<p>Has anyone gone through this process...what can my D expect when going into the room besides doing her monologues?</p>
<p>Hi! I auditioned at Chapman this past audition season. Will your daughter be auditioning for the BFA in Screen Acting, BFA in Theatre, BA in Theatre, or one of the technical fields?</p>
<p>She will be auditioning for the BFA in Theater…they are changing things this year and auditioning incoming freshman for the BFA program rather than wait until the beginning of her sophomore year. Any advice you could give would be amazing. Monologue suggestions, do they ask any questions, make her do her monologues in a different way etc. ? Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>Aspiring6776 would you mind telling me if you got in?</p>
<p>Ahh okay. I auditioned for the BA Theatre program, so my audition was a little different than what your daughter’s would be, as there was also a portfolio required. I won’t address that here then. Yes, I was accepted.</p>
<p>Monologues are something very personal, and so the only advice I have there is to tell your daughter to start reading every play she can get her hands on now, and to just read them until something strikes her. It should be something within her age range that resonates with her, and plays to her “type.” I had to read at least fifteen plays before I found monologues I loved, and that worked very well for me. I was not asked to do them differently, but my audition was also comparatively very short, so it is not out of the question for them to ask her to do so – she should go in with the mindset that anything can will happen, and that she cannot possibly be prepared for everything that is going to happen. Not knowing is the best, most common and most important part of the audition.</p>
<p>Along with the performance part, there will be an interview. She should be familiar enough with Chapman to discuss why she wants to attend, what she likes about the program, etc. She should know her goals in theatre, what she wants to do with her degree. </p>
<p>Other than that, the hardest part at the audition was waiting. On campus auditions are odd in that you are sitting in a room with your “competition,” and if the audition is running late or something goes wrong, you have no option but to sit there and wait. The atmosphere can be a little more tense (I also attended Unifieds, and found that to be a much more relaxed atmosphere), so she should prepare herself in that way. Remember, you never know who is in that room with you!</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I will pass this info on to her. You mentioned portfolio…I have read and reread the website and it looks like the portfolio is only for the tech side. Am I wrong?</p>
<p>And Congrats!!! This program is hard to get into. Hope you enjoy it!</p>
<p>I know Chapman went through substantial changes to their auditions this year, so it may not be required anymore. For my BA Theatre audition I was required to bring in two writing samples including an essay on why I wanted to attend Chapman for theatre, as well as a portfolio highlighting my work in the different areas of theatre. I don’t think BFA’s were required to submit the same portfolio last year either. </p>
<p>I actually will not be attending Chapman, but thank you!</p>
<p>Would you have any other suggestions of schools she could apply to that have good BA programs in theater (non audition)</p>
<p>Definitely check out this site for that – just search for non-auditioned BA Theatre in the search function and tons of threads should pop up. I auditioned predominately for BFA programs, and I don’t know if you have certain geographic areas in mind, but I also applied to St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. The program is a non-auditioned BA, and then you can audition to be a BFA in the sophomore year, or carry on with the BA. This program was pretty high on my list for a while.</p>
<p>bisouu… my S is going to audition for the BFA at Chapman this year too. He has a few non-auditioned BA’s on his list because he has not decided whether what way he is going to go yet… BA or BFA. Take a look at Muhlenberg in PA, Kenyon in OH, Emerson in Boston, USC in LA, and U Minnesota… all have great non-auditioned BA’s… Quite a few of the LAC’s have fantastic BA’s in theater… google LAC’s with good theater programs and you will get a lot of them… Let me know if you have any more questions because I have researched this A LOT!!</p>
<p>I think Emerson is an audition BA program…</p>
<p>Thank you all for taking the time to help. This is a great site. Wish I had found it months ago :)</p>
<p>Thanks photomom… I was under the assumption that Emerson had an auditioned BFA, and if you didn’t make that, they put you in the BA… good to know. My S is auditioning early for Emerson. They have their early dates up now… I think 2 dates in Nov. and 1 date in Dec. You have to travel to Boston to do it on campus though.</p>
<p>Emerson was at Unifieds last year, is that only for the BFA program? Their BFA program is a cut program, so I am not sure how that works with the BA option.</p>
<p>Emerson has a BFA (which is a cut program), an Acting BA (which is auditioned), and a generalist Theater BA with a very small acting component. You do one audition and they decide whether to offer you BA, BFA, or nothing. If you are cut from the BFA you become a BA…what I’m not sure of is whether, if you’re cut, you become a BA Acting, or a BA Theater Studies. The curriculums of the various programs are online so you can see the differences between them.</p>